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NYTimes - Over-detention in Louisiana Prisons. "You're free to go...but you can't go..."
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:33 pm
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About 200 to 250 inmates are held beyond their legal release dates on any given month, with the average additional time lasting around 44 days in 2019.
Glenn Thrush
By Glenn Thrush
Dec. 11, 2022, 2:04 p.m. ET
7 MIN READ
NEW ORLEANS — The judge told Johnny Traweek he had served his time, seven months, for hitting someone with a saucepan in a drunken fight, then suggested he could be released from the Orleans Parish prison by midnight.
Mr. Traweek began giving away his jailhouse comforts — a blanket, two orange sweatshirts, ramen, soda. Then he waited out the final hours of May 2, 2018, his last legal day behind bars.
Midnight came, midnight went. Around 4 a.m., Mr. Traweek was lying in bed, eyes open, when the staff summoned inmates for predawn breakfast. He would repeat that routine, including the sleepless nights, 19 more days because the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections did not process his paperwork in a timely manner.
Mr. Traweek’s case was neither atypical nor the worst of its kind: Roughly 200 inmates are held beyond their legal release dates on any given month in Louisiana, amounting to 2,000 to 2,500 of the 12,000 to 16,000 prisoners freed each year. The average length of additional time was around 44 days in 2019, according to internal state corrections data obtained by lawyers for inmates — and until recently, the department’s public hotline warned families that the wait could be as long as 90 days.
In most other states and cities, prisoners and parolees marked for immediate release are typically processed within hours — not days — although those times can vary, particularly if officials must make arrangements required to release registered sex offenders. But in Louisiana, the problem known as “overdetention” is endemic, often occurring without explanation, apology or compensation — an overlooked crisis in a state that imprisons a higher percentage of its residents than any other in most years.
The practice is also wasteful. It costs Louisiana taxpayers about $2.8 million a year in housing costs alone, according to department estimates.
About 200 to 250 inmates are held beyond their legal release dates on any given month, with the average additional time lasting around 44 days in 2019.
Glenn Thrush
By Glenn Thrush
Dec. 11, 2022, 2:04 p.m. ET
7 MIN READ
NEW ORLEANS — The judge told Johnny Traweek he had served his time, seven months, for hitting someone with a saucepan in a drunken fight, then suggested he could be released from the Orleans Parish prison by midnight.
Mr. Traweek began giving away his jailhouse comforts — a blanket, two orange sweatshirts, ramen, soda. Then he waited out the final hours of May 2, 2018, his last legal day behind bars.
Midnight came, midnight went. Around 4 a.m., Mr. Traweek was lying in bed, eyes open, when the staff summoned inmates for predawn breakfast. He would repeat that routine, including the sleepless nights, 19 more days because the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections did not process his paperwork in a timely manner.
Mr. Traweek’s case was neither atypical nor the worst of its kind: Roughly 200 inmates are held beyond their legal release dates on any given month in Louisiana, amounting to 2,000 to 2,500 of the 12,000 to 16,000 prisoners freed each year. The average length of additional time was around 44 days in 2019, according to internal state corrections data obtained by lawyers for inmates — and until recently, the department’s public hotline warned families that the wait could be as long as 90 days.
In most other states and cities, prisoners and parolees marked for immediate release are typically processed within hours — not days — although those times can vary, particularly if officials must make arrangements required to release registered sex offenders. But in Louisiana, the problem known as “overdetention” is endemic, often occurring without explanation, apology or compensation — an overlooked crisis in a state that imprisons a higher percentage of its residents than any other in most years.
The practice is also wasteful. It costs Louisiana taxpayers about $2.8 million a year in housing costs alone, according to department estimates.
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Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:35 pm to Eurocat
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NYTimes
I wouldn’t trust anything they wrote
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:38 pm to Eurocat
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But in Louisiana, the problem known as “overdetention” is endemic, often occurring without explanation, apology or compensation
It's called illegal detention/imprisonment. If a prisoner serves the time, he should be released on the day his time is up. If the "paper work" isn't complete, too bad. You punish the ones who didn't complete it on time, not the person who already served his/her time.
This post was edited on 12/11/22 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:39 pm to Eurocat
So they are pulling a Kamala?
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:41 pm to jimmy the leg
Louisiana has one of the most overcrowded prison systems in the country, yet parish sheriffs are often reluctant to release people they believe are at high risk of committing new crimes. Some even view inmates housed in local facilities as worth holding onto as free labor.
In October 2017, Sheriff Steve Prator of Caddo Parish, which includes Shreveport, told reporters he was concerned that a recent criminal justice effort in the state was bad for parish governments. Not only would it result in higher crime rates among the “bad” former prisoners, but it would also deprive his staff of free labor provided by the “good ones.”
“They’re releasing some good ones that we use every day to wash cars, to change oil in our cars, to cook in the kitchen, to do all that, where we save money,” Sheriff Prator said.
There are few incentives for rushing an inmate out the door, especially if the state is picking up the tab: Reimbursement rates for state prisoners are a significant source of income in the parishes, and a handful of parish facilities have eagerly accepted migrants detained at the border, which offers even higher federal reimbursement rates.
In October 2017, Sheriff Steve Prator of Caddo Parish, which includes Shreveport, told reporters he was concerned that a recent criminal justice effort in the state was bad for parish governments. Not only would it result in higher crime rates among the “bad” former prisoners, but it would also deprive his staff of free labor provided by the “good ones.”
“They’re releasing some good ones that we use every day to wash cars, to change oil in our cars, to cook in the kitchen, to do all that, where we save money,” Sheriff Prator said.
There are few incentives for rushing an inmate out the door, especially if the state is picking up the tab: Reimbursement rates for state prisoners are a significant source of income in the parishes, and a handful of parish facilities have eagerly accepted migrants detained at the border, which offers even higher federal reimbursement rates.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:42 pm to Revelator
This is true. I’ve heard Newell talk about this. I wonder if the jail owners get the daily monies during this time? You bet they do. If they didn’t get paid those former prisoners would be booted the day of release guaranteed! I’m not a liberal but when your sentence is up it’s up. Incompetent government everywhere.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:47 pm to Eurocat
He'll be back soon enough anyway.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:50 pm to Picayuner
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This is true
I’m not saying this particular story isn’t valid. I’m saying they are a consistent source of lies, exaggerations and coverups. They should never be sought out as a news source.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:51 pm to Eurocat
Leave it to Lousiana govt employees to frick up at their job.
This post was edited on 12/11/22 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:52 pm to Jack Carter
nm
This post was edited on 12/11/22 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:55 pm to Eurocat
Yeah this is bs, we we have a lot of incompetent folks working in government.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:56 pm to Picayuner
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I’m not a liberal but when your sentence is up it’s up. Incompetent government everywhere.
Well in the bigger cities it’s most likely black democrats working in these roles. Or a white woman.
Why did the dmv always suck in Baton Rouge? A bunch of democrat women working the counters.
This post was edited on 12/11/22 at 2:58 pm
Posted on 12/11/22 at 3:02 pm to Eurocat
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It costs Louisiana taxpayers about $2.8 million a year in housing costs alone, according to department estimates.
Ugh
Posted on 12/11/22 at 3:05 pm to Eurocat
This sounds like unlawful detainment
Posted on 12/11/22 at 3:06 pm to Eurocat
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Some even view inmates housed in local facilities as worth holding onto as free labor.
So pulling a Kamala?
This should come as no surprise.
The Dems are the party of slavery.
Kamala is a Dem.
JBE is a Dem.
End of story (but not the end of imprisonment).
Posted on 12/11/22 at 3:07 pm to Picayuner
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when your sentence is up it’s up
It should be up...period.
This post was edited on 12/11/22 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 12/11/22 at 3:43 pm to Revelator
quote:My thoughts as well.
I wouldn’t trust anything they wrote
Posted on 12/11/22 at 3:48 pm to Revelator
quote:
I wouldn’t trust anything they wrote
Yep, Louisiana's prison system definitely doesn’t need any sort of reform
Posted on 12/11/22 at 4:07 pm to Eurocat
The Prison system is a money-maker, hotels with bars paid for by the taxpayers.
The only answer is to have the inmates do major public service jobs to repay for the costs, while you’re at it, have anyone on the Gubment tit that is not elderly or handicapped, to have a full time job in public service.
Cut out the costs of parish/government entities such as parks and recreation etc… and replace it with already “paid for” able-bodied inmates and welfare queens.
Help balance the budget real quick, but it will never happen, only wishful thinking!
The only answer is to have the inmates do major public service jobs to repay for the costs, while you’re at it, have anyone on the Gubment tit that is not elderly or handicapped, to have a full time job in public service.
Cut out the costs of parish/government entities such as parks and recreation etc… and replace it with already “paid for” able-bodied inmates and welfare queens.
Help balance the budget real quick, but it will never happen, only wishful thinking!
Posted on 12/11/22 at 4:09 pm to Eurocat
When does the NYT story on illegal detention and violation of constitutional, federal, and state laws of J6 prisoners in the DC Gulag hit the newsstands?
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